Elfs Corebook.pdf

E LFS

A spanky little role-playing game

that breaks many rules

Author

Ron Edwards , who is not sorry

Illustrator

Jeff Diamond , who should probably know better

E LFS

E LFS

Author : Ron Edwards

Illustrator : Jeff Diamond

Playtesters : Ed Healy, Clinton R. Nixon, Mario Bonassin, Elizabeth Miller, and

Dav Harnish. They are definitely responsible for anything offensive in this game.

Really.

Contents

Part One: Introduction

A note on spelling and plurals ............................................................................................5

What is this mess? .............................................................................................................5

The whole point .................................................................................................................5

Part Two: Characters

Making a character .............................................................................................................8

Elf personality .....................................................................................................................9

Outfitting .........................................................................................................................11

Sample characters ............................................................................................................11

Some source material .......................................................................................................13

Part Three: The System

Dice .................................................................................................................................15

Combat: Procedure ..........................................................................................................18

Combat: Building opponents ............................................................................................21

Treasure and loot .............................................................................................................22

Reward System ................................................................................................................22

Magic ...............................................................................................................................23

Magical Items ..................................................................................................................27

Part Four: Setting and Sourcebook

The home-grown setting ..................................................................................................33

Monsters of Nurth ............................................................................................................35

Other races ......................................................................................................................36

How to run Elfs ................................................................................................................37

For first-time play .............................................................................................................40

Part Five: Ice and Fire

Hooking them in ..............................................................................................................42

The ice castle ....................................................................................................................42

Finishing up ......................................................................................................................49

Part Six: Going over the Edge

Preparation .......................................................................................................................51

How to play .....................................................................................................................52

Part One

Introduction

Part One

A Note on Spelling and Plurals

The proper modern plural for an elf-type person is “elves.” You know this, and the

dictionary knows this, and the game authors know this. However ... the characters in

this role-playing game do not. They call themselves “elfs” and rudely insist that

anything else is stupid; in fact, they also think that anyone else is stupid. “Hey,

stupid!” they call out when they see you or me in the streets.

There’s no arguing with them, so the game is called E LFS . What can you do?

What is this mess?

You are to play an elf in a generic fantasy-gaming type of world called Nurth. Alas,

sometimes prejudices are true: these elfs are cranky, short, self-important, adolescent,

cruel, incompetent, greedy, and sarcastic. They are not cute. They are not telepathic.

Animals don’t like them. They are not wise. There is no elf homeland because no

one else wants to acknowledge them. Long-lived and relatively infertile, they are

scattered all over the landscape, remnants of a long-destroyed noble heritage and

culture. They’ve degenerated a bit along the way, as demonstrated by their vocabulary

– the people: “elf,” the language: “elf,” their ancestors: “old elfs.”

What does an elf look like? They are shorter than most humans, they have great big

pointed ears and long, thick hair, and they have a limited range of childish facial

expressions. There are no half-elfs (yeah, as if a human could be convinced to ...)

Your character is an adventurer because his or her priorities are to kill things and take

their money away from them. E LFS would be great mercenaries, but they (a) try to

cheat the garrison officers, (b) misunderstand contracts, (c) switch sides for better pay

or because it’s Tuesday, and (d) squabble too much. So adventuring, also known as

thinly disguised theft and murder, is what they do.

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